roucou
French, noun\ʁu.ku\
roucou is spelled R-O-U-C-O-U (6 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 129,327th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Roucou is a French feminine noun meaning “achiote, the shrub Bixa orellana” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Matière rouge orangé comestible composée de bixine, extraite de la pulpe qui enveloppe les graines du…”.
What does roucou mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineachiote, the shrub Bixa orellana
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Matière rouge orangé comestible composée de bixine, extraite de la pulpe qui enveloppe les graines du rocouyer et qu'on utilise en teinture, en cosmétique et en épice. 2. Le rocouyer lui-même (Bixa orellana).
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of roucou
- roucous plural
- roukou
- rocou
- woukou
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce roucou?
- \ʁu.ku\
- [ʁu.ku]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to roucou
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is roucou in French?
roucou appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).